Baltic Mythology: Winter Festivities (Story Time)

Kūčios marks the time when nature is getting ready to rest. It is the darkest time of the year when the world returns to itself. This was the time when the Balts started to wait for the sun to return. Lithuanians celebrated the 24th and 25th of December with various different customs and festivities. Adults began their celebration towards Kūčios by placing a cherry twig into the water, during the day when bears went to hibernation. This was the first day of winter. Children played games that symbolized farming, such as planting the crops and girls imitated sowing and strewing hemp seeds, which promised dreams of future husbands.

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